Several years ago, I decided to get smarter about handling the rush of the holiday season, and started sending New Year's cards. By N...

In December 1865, Susannah Smith of Millburn wrote in her diary: 22nd - Will have no school till Tuesday because Monday will be “Merry Chr...

In 2007, a collection of photographs and documents from the Kenar-Jakubowski Family of North Chicago was donated to the museum. For the m...

In 1844, Jesse H. Maynard (1809-1890) arrived in Waukegan from New Hampshire with his wife, Augusta Marshall (1813-1884), and their children...

In 1937, Malcolm Boyle (1897-1959), a wealthy Chicago contractor, purchased several farms near Wauconda totaling 1,250 acres to create Lake...

When World War I erupted in Europe after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary...

Amos Bennett was the county's first African-American settler, arriving in Gurnee by the fall of 1835. Despite this remarkable distin...